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Job Openings
Reports to: VP of Economic Development
Employment Status: Full-Time
Experience: 1+ years preferred
Required Education: Bachelor’s Degree
Required Travel: Occasional
Salary: Based on Qualifications
About Partnership Gwinnett:
Partnership Gwinnett is a dynamic organization dedicated to attracting and retaining jobs, fostering capital investment, supporting educational institutions, promoting workforce development, and contributing to the outstanding quality of life in Gwinnett County.Job Description:
This position works with the VP of Economic Development to execute Partnership Gwinnett’s research strategies.Job Responsibilities:
- Find and analyze unique data that differentiates Gwinnett for marketing initiatives including the Partnership Gwinnett website, presentations, social media, annual report, projects and RFIs.
- Provide data and prepare monthly and quarterly reports for the economic development team.
- Track Partnership Gwinnett’s KPIs and community indicators.
- Work closely with Research Interns to ensure effective execution of research requests.
- Help maintain and manage all Partnership Gwinnett databases.
- Manage the Research Credit program and provide relevant and timely data to Partnership Gwinnett’s top investors and key stakeholders.
- Develop positive working relationship with community partners including the research teams at the Georgia Department of Economic Development, regional partners and with the research teams that operate within each utility economic development office.
- Provide assistance for redevelopment programs and initiatives including but not limited to the Redevelopment Council, Metro Atlanta Redevelopment Summit, and Peer Tour.
- Assist with the tracking and reporting phases of Georgia Regional Economic Business Assistance grants.
- Other duties as assigned.
Job Requirements:
- Strong Microsoft Office Suite skills: Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Access
- Working knowledge of analytical and statistical tools to analyze and interpret data
- Must be a strategic thinker with strong organizational and analytical skills
- Must be flexible regarding job responsibilities and ability to work as a team
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to multi-task and deliver on tight deadlines
- Ability to design and execute multiple work demands
- Excellent written, grammatical, and oral communication skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Economics or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job, including but not limited to Public Administration, Political Science, Urban Planning, Business Management, Marketing, etc.
Questions:
For questions, email info@partnershipgwinnett.com with the subject line: Research Manager Apply NowAbout Partnership Gwinnett:
Partnership Gwinnett works to attract and retain jobs, cultivate capital investment, support educational institutions, foster workforce development and contribute to the exceptional quality of life found in Gwinnett County.About this role:
In this role, you will be the point-of-contact for Partnership Gwinnett’s manufacturing and supply chain community. You will work to recruit new companies as well as retain existing companies through engagement opportunities, sharing resources, solving problems and acting as a liaison between local and state government. You will work projects as companies decide to locate themselves in Gwinnett – bringing necessary partners together to mitigate any roadblocks and ensure Gwinnett remains a business-friendly location to operate. You will be responsible for planning and implementing a variety of programs/events to increase community engagement. You will work with an amazing and supportive team of professionals.Day-to-day duties:
- Manage economic development projects and activities – coordinate with partners; monitor progress and communicate between and among all parties and partners
- Visit with existing companies to develop and build relationships and provide necessary economic development support
- Coordinate and work with community partners to support the implementation of goals
- Manage program activity within the manufacturing and supply chain community
- Develop and build relationships with economic development partners including real estate professionals, local, state and regional economic developers, and utility partners
- Perform related duties as assigned
Must-haves:
- Work efficiently and collaboratively with an amazing group – we’re a team and sometimes it’s “all hands-on deck” to get the job done!
- Be a good person – culture is very important to us!
- We are in the people business – it is imperative that you can develop and maintain relationships!
- Concierge-level service – we go the extra mile in all things we do!
- Communication – In person, by email, by letter, on the phone, verbally and non-verbally—you will need superior communication skills to be successful in this role.
- Professionalism – we hold ourselves to a higher standard.
- Juggling – you must be able to multitask – we don’t let the ball drop!
- Enthusiasm – this is a very fast-paced place to work. You must be high energy when appropriate.
- Fun – let’s be honest…we get to do some pretty cool things…let’s have fun while doing it!
Education Required
A bachelor’s degree with major course work in economics, marketing, business administration, community development, communications, or related field is required. Knowledge of the community is a plus. Three years of related experience is preferred. Partnership Gwinnett is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a participant in E-Verify. All employment is contingent on the successful completion of a drug screen and background check. Qualified candidates interested in this professional opportunity should complete the form below and email a cover letter and resume to Andrew Hickey at AHickey@PartnershipGwinnett.com with the subject line: Project Manager, Manufacturing and Supply Chain. Apply NowAbout Partnership Gwinnett:
Partnership Gwinnett is a dynamic organization dedicated to attracting and retaining jobs, fostering capital investment, supporting educational institutions, promoting workforce development, and contributing to the outstanding quality of life in Gwinnett County.About this role:
The Manager, Workforce Solutions will lead the implementation of our Talent Development strategy. With a focus on our five target sectors, they support local workforce development efforts and advance solutions that solve workforce challenges for Gwinnett businesses through connectivity, communication, and collaboration. In addition, the Manager, Workforce Solutions partners with the business development team to provide support on recruitment and retention projects by connecting Gwinnett County businesses to local, State, and Federal workforce partners. Their work will be centered around four strategic priorities:- Maintain a talent council to continue aligning education and training offerings to business needs and create a lifelong learning experience for people of all ages
- Continue convening K-20 educational institutions and target sector businesses to ensure alignment and identify opportunities for these communities to support their respective success
- Strengthen workforce-related resources, including data and training, provided to local businesses
- Establish a talent retention, return, and attraction campaign that highlights career and living opportunities in Gwinnett County and helps grow the skilled working-age population
Day-to-day duties:
- Lead and implement Partnership Gwinnett’s talent development strategy with the guiding principles of inclusion, innovation, and collaboration
- Provide support to recruitment and retention projects by leveraging programs that link new and existing Gwinnett County businesses with the local, state, and federal workforce ecosystems
- Develop and maintain relationships with key workforce development intermediaries, organizations, partnerships, and taskforces, and committees within Gwinnett County and the Metro Atlanta region
- Develop and maintain strong working knowledge, and relationships with, Gwinnett County businesses and industries
- Create, cultivate, and steward cross-sector business education partnerships that fill knowledge and connectivity gaps in the community and improve alignment and collaboration with a focus on talent attraction, training, and development
- Implement and maintain sector-based employer collaboratives to connect business leaders, identify employer needs, high-demand industries, and skills, to initiate programs that connect talent from education/training partners with employers
- Define, update, and track appropriate benchmarks and key performance indicators to ensure that goals and objectives are met and prepare regular updates on progress-to-goals to be used for the quarterly report card, investor meetings, and annual report
- Identify, engage, and enlist organizations that develop and support diverse talent pipelines and integrate them into Gwinnett’s workforce ecosystem to increase equity and inclusion
- Collaborate with the marketing and communications team to create a strategy for content and execution of communications that, promote, and disseminate workforce-related data, updates, tools, resources, and workforce initiatives
- Define and communicate qualitative and quantitative workforce-related research and data to be distributed to businesses and workforce partners on a periodic basis via roundtables, quarterly forums, websites, newsletters, social media, etc.
- Collaborate with the leadership, marketing and communications, and business development teams and other stakeholders to implement a talent attraction, retention, and return website and marketing campaign
- Plan and execute programing for business community and workforce partners
- Perform related duties as assigned
Must have’s:
- Strong knowledge and experience with secondary and post-secondary educational institutions
- Comprehensive knowledge of sales/marketing/communication strategies and tactics
- Strong software skills: Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint, internet research and sales/contact management programs
- Work efficiently and collaboratively with an amazing group – we’re a team and sometimes it’s “all hands on deck” to get the job done
- Ability to execute tasks within a defined timeline – we’re all about deadlines
- Be a good person – culture is very important to us
- Excellent interpersonal skills: we are in the people business – it is imperative that you can develop and maintain relationships
- Concierge-level service – we go the extra mile in all things we do
- Communication – in person, by email, on the phone, verbally and non-verbally—you will need superior communication skills to be successful in this role
- Professionalism – we hold ourselves to a higher standard
- Juggling – you must be able to multitask – we don’t let the ball drop
- Flexible and comfortable with ambiguity
- Enthusiasm – this is a very fast-paced place to work. You must be high energy when appropriate
- Fun – let’s be honest…we get to do some pretty cool things…let’s have fun while doing it
Education Required:
Bachelor’s degree with course work in marketing, business administration, communications, or related field required. Knowledge of the community is a plus. Three years of related experience. Partnership Gwinnett is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a participant in E-Verify. All employment is contingent on the successful completion of a drug screen and background check.Questions:
For questions, email info@partnershipgwinnett.com with the subject line: Manager, Workforce Solutions. Apply NowStay Connected With Partnership Gwinnett
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